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Wednesday, June 7, 2006 Population of businesses with employees
There were just over 1,066,000 businesses with employees in the first quarter of 2006, up 1.1% from the previous quarter when the number of employer businesses was approximately 1,054,000. Provincially, Alberta, Ontario and British Columbia reported the highest increases in businesses with payroll deduction accounts compared with both the previous quarter and same period a year earlier. Decreases were reported for Newfoundland and Labrador as well as in the Northwest Territories. Information on Nunavut and the Northwest Territories will be available individually when sufficient quarterly observations are collected. Currently, counts for Northwest Territories include those for Nunavut. Available on CANSIM: table 178-0001. Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 1105. For more information or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Beau Cinnamon (613-951-9021; fax: 613-951-0104; beau.cinnamon@statcan.gc.ca), Business Register Division. |
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